General Motors sold 7.2m vehicles globally in the first nine months of 2015, down 1.3% on last year's tally for the same period. The overall slight decline came in spite of increases in four of its five largest markets, with record sales in China and strong retail sales gains in the US.
Guangzhou Automobile Group managed to increase vehicle sales in September, despite the slowdown of China's economy. SUV sales drove the increase.
Automobile emissions-control system makers such as Johnson Matthey and France's Faurecia are set to gain more from the chaos engulfing Volkswagen after its diesel emissions tests scandal, investors say.
Yokohama Rubber claims it has made new advances in tyre aerodynamics technology that control the air flow around tyres in motion. The new development reduces vehicle aerodynamic drag and lift, the company says.
Tata Motors Group global wholesale sales reached 97,102 units in September, higher by 21% over September 2014.
Hitachi Automotive Systems and Clarion have announced that they have developed the basic technology for preventing collisions while maintaining safe and practical speeds by predicting changes in pedestrian movements and rapidly calculating optimum speed patterns in real time
AvtoVAZ and Bipek Avto have begun to work together on the markets of the Central Asian region. The two companies have signed a corresponding agreement in Astana. It was signed by the president of AvtoVAZ, Bo Andersson and the chairman of the board of directors of Bipek Avto, Anatoly Balushkin, in the presence of Russian President, Vladimir Putin and the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Kia Motors America is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Kia Sorento vehicles manufactured 19 October 2009 to 31 January 2013. In the affected vehicles, if excessive force is applied to the gear shift lever, the brake-shift interlock mechanism may chip or crack allowing the transmission being able to be shifted out of 'Park' without the brakes being depressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 114, 'Theft Protection.'
Swedish mechanical components and sub-systems manufacturer, Leax Group is eyeing Iran for potential major new business following its recent visit to the country organised by Scandinavian automotive supplier association, FKG.
Volvo says it is currently evaluating how union representation will work in practice at its new plant in South Carolina.
Nissan Vice Chairman Toshiyuki Shiga is on a $10 billion quest to discover Japan's top entrepreneurs, who can start companies as globally competitive as Tesla and Apple.
Kia Motors Europe has posted record Q3 sales across Europe, with 95,102 units sold from July to September this year. According to the latest data from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association), Kia's third quarter sales figures represent year-on-year growth of 9.7% (up from 86,718 for the same period in 2014).
The plug-in hybrid version of the Outlander has been a strong seller for Mitsubishi Motors's UK operations, and in many other European markets. Now comes a dramatic mid-life facelift plus a raft of refinements and even better taxation numbers.
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Volkswagen has appointed Lars-Henner Santelmann as new head of its finance arm, Volkswagen Financial Services, the carmaker said today.
Toyota will focus European sales of its Mirai fuel cell sedan on Germany and the UK because those countries are expanding their refueling infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles.
Faurecia will form a joint venture with Beijing WKW Automotive Parts Co. to supply decorative aluminum parts for vehicle interiors to customers including Infiniti and Volvo.
Michelin says current European legislation mandating basic tyre labelling information is helping to discourage sales of low quality brands, but believes more could be done in terms of regulation.
Newly-formed component giant, Yanfeng Global Automotive Interior Systems (YFAI), says it believes the US will continue its remarkable automotive comeback after the global economic recession and will post growth of up to 2%.
Scandinavian automotive supplier body, FKG has launched a withering condemnation of Volkswagen's emissions scandal, branding it "destructive" for the industry.
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